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		w0z_ on March 3, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: ShotSpotter: listening in on the neighborhood Forty-seven officers were shot and killed in the line of duty in 2023. That's about 1 a week.

mrguyorama on March 4, 2024 | [–]

And way more than that die every year of automobile accidents, or fucking heart disease!

magicalist on March 3, 2024 | | [–]

Well there's 700,000 cops in the US, so sounds like their priors are legitimately terrible.

ragazzina on March 4, 2024 | [–]

Is that a lot? More than one unarmed person per week is killed by the police in the US.

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